err, no! Totally different action and doesn't look the same at all!
The 'belton' bit has the mouthpiece attached to the 'bridoon/snaffle' rein with the 'curb' attachment freely swinging (therefore acts like a snaffle with a freely-rotating curb and no poll pressure)
The swales has the...
1. Erm, which horse did I ride then?
2. How, precisely, did "that photo encompass how bad showing is for the horse industry"?
Fine to start a post if you genuinely want a "discussion" about a subject, but really?! Why don't you just post that you want to rant about showing and just get it...
I'm not going to even try and join in this "discussion", however the quote from Brighteyes is total rubbish! I was on one of those horses on that day out - I was just showing someone today the scratches on my boots from when we followed the fieldmaster over a big ditch through a hedge before...
To cover the costs for Credit card charges mainly - just like any online booking site! Plus it saves you the cost of an envelope & stamp, which isn't to be sniffed at nowadays...
Hopefully if it is well supported next year, then the online entries will be the same (or, fingers crossed, even...
Hi,
Just to let you all know that the North Somerset Show entries this year can be done on-line for all the Horse classes...BSJA, Showing, Driving, Side Saddle and Heavy Horses
http://www.theshowregister.com/show/NorthSomerset2009/
Entries Close 4th April or, for just the BSJA classes, you...